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The Lightyear company claims the 782 solar cells across the car can add 70 km (43.5 miles) of range per day during summer. [6] [7] The aerodynamics of the vehicle were stated to produce a record-low drag coefficient of Cd=0.175. The car is all-wheel drive, with four in-wheel electric hub motors powered by a low-mounted battery. [8]
The 5-seater solar car Lightyear One is built by the company Lightyear, [19] whose founder and CEO Lex Hoefsloot has already won the World Solar Challenge several times, e.g. in 2013 with the car "Stella" (Solar Team Eindhoven, Technical University Eindhoven). [20] The car was scheduled to go into production in 2021. [21]
The Nuna 5 is the 2009 model of the Nuna series solar-powered racing car built by the Dutch Nuon Solar Team. In October 2009, Nuna 5 ran second, in a field of twenty-five, in the World Solar Challenge in Australia. [1] [2] It completed the 3,021 km (1,877 mi) race in 32 hours 38 minutes, having an average speed of 91.9 km/h (57.1 miles/h). [3]
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November 23, 2021 at 9:19 AM
Stella Lux (2015 evolution) solar-powered family car prototype. Stella and its successors Stella Lux, Stella Vie and Stella Era are a series of solar racing family cars, built for the World Solar Challenge in Australia, sofar winning its Cruiser Class all four times it was held – in 2013, 2015, 2017 and in 2019.
Nuna is the name of a series of crewed solar powered race cars that have won the World Solar Challenge in Australia seven times: in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2017. The vehicles are built by students who are part of the "Brunel Solar Team" (formerly Nuon Solar Team and Vattenfall Solar Team) at the Delft University of Technology in ...
The 25-year period runs from the date of the vehicle’s manufacture, and as such a bumper crop of cars made in 1999 will be available for the first time stateside throughout 2024.